(viii) He shall be great to the ends of the earth/eternal.
(b) Describe the annunciation of the birth of Jesus by angel Gabriel as recorded in Luke I: 26-38.(8 marks)
(i) Angel Gabriel was sent/appeared to Mary in Nazareth.
(ii) Mary was a young woman who had been engaged to a man named Joseph from the house of David.
(iii) The angel greeted Mary “Hail, O favoured one, the Lord is with you.”
(iv) Mary was troubled by the greeting/wondered what it could be.
(v) The angel told her not to be afraid since she had found favour with God/was going to conceive/give birth to a son.
(vi) He would be called Jesus.
(vii) The angel told Mary that Jesus will be great/will be called the son of the Most High/God will give him the throne of his father David.
(viii) Mary asked the angel how she was going to conceive without a husband.
(ix) The angel told her that she would conceive by the power of the Holy Spirit.
(x) The angel told Mary that her kinswomen Elizabeth had also conceived a son/was six months pregnant
(xi) Mary accepted the angel’s message/said “I am the hand maid of the Lord, let it be to me as you have said.”
(xii) The angel departed from her.
(c) State five lessons Christians learn from the Magnificat. (5 marks)
(i) Christians should always appreciate/thank/glorify God for His favours.
(ii) Christians should have faith in God. (iii) Christians should be humble.
(iv) Christians should rejoice when they are blessed by God.
(v) Christians should obey/respect the will of God.
(vi) Christians should depend on God for provision.
2. (a) Explain the teachings of Jesus on the qualities of a true disciple (Luke 6: 20-49). (8 marks)
(i) Perseverance in the face of persecution — A true disciple should endure suffering.
(ii) Unwavering faith in Jesus — A true disciple should have absolute faith in God.
(iii) Love for enemies — A true disciple should love even their enemies/pray for them.
(iv) Obedience/implementers of the teachings of Jesus — A true disciple should accept the lordship of Christ/implement His teaching.
(v) Forgiving others — A true disciple should forgive others/not revenge.
(vi) Generosity/kindness — A true disciple should share with others/be generous.
(Vil) Not to judge others — A true disciple should exercise self-criticism before judging others.
(viii) Show compassion/mercy to others — A true disciple should be mercifiil just like God.
(b) Describe the incident in which Jesus foi’gave the sinful woman (Luke 7: 36-50). (7 marks)
(i) Simon the Pharisee invited Jesus to his house to eat with him.
(ii) A woman who was known to be a sinner came to Jesus with an alabaster flask of ointment.
(iii) She started seeping/wiped the feet of Jesus with her hair/kissed/anointed the feet of Jesus.
(iv) Simon wondered how Jesus could allow such a sinner to touch Him.
(v) Jesus knowing Simon’s thoughts decided to tell him the parable of the two debtors who owed their master different amounts of money and the master forgave them.
(vi) Jesus asked Simon who among the two debtors was more grateful.
(vii) Simon answered that the debtor who had more was more grateful.
(viii) Jesus told Simon that the sinful woman had shown a lot of love because her many sins had been forgiven.
(ix) Jesus told the woman to go in peace for her faith had saved her/her sins had been forgiven.
(c) State five lessons Christians learn from the incident in which Jesus forgave the sinful woman. (5 marks)
(i) Christians should confess/repent their sins.
(ii) The Kingdom of God is open to all/universal.
(iii) Christians should have faith in God.
(iv) Christians should be merciful/show compassion to those who are lost in sin.
(v) Christians should not judge others.
(vi) Christians should be grateful/thankful for the free gift of salvation/forgiveness of sins.
3. (a) With reference to the story of the rich man and Lazarus, explain the teaching of Jesus on the proper use of wealth (Luke 16: 19-31). (7 marks)
(i) Jesus taught that wealth should be used to alleviate the suffering of others/help the needy.
(ii) Wealth should be used to spread the good news.
(iii) Wealth should be used to serve others/glorify God.
(iv) Wealth should not be used to buy unnecessary materials for luxuries when others are suffering.
(v) Proper use of wealth enables one to be rewarded in heaven.
(vi) Wealth should not be used to oppress/humiliate the poor.
(vii) Too much trust in wealth can prevent someone from having eternal life/entering the kingdom of God.
(viii) Wealth is a gift/blessing from God/Christians are custodians of wealth.
(ix) Wealth is temporary/not permanent.
(b) Outline six signs of the end times as taught by Jesus in Luke 21: 5-38. (6 marks)
(i) Strange things will happen to the celestial bodies/sun/moon/star.
(ii) People will come claiming to be the Messiah.
(iii) There will be wars between nations.
(iv) Natural calamities like earthquakes/roaring of the seas will occur.
(v) The followers of Christ will be hated/persecuted.
(vi) There will be famine/pestilences.
(c) Give seven ways in which Christians are preparing themselves for the second coming of Jesus Christ. (7 marks)
(i) Christians pray/fast in readiness for the second coming of Jesus.
(ii) By accepting/confessing Jesus as their personal savior.
(iii) Living holy lives/pursuing righteousness.
(iv) Through preachlng the gospel to others/winning souls for Christ.
(v) Reading/practicing the word of God.
(vi) By fellowshipping/encouraging one another.
(vii) By helping the poor/needy.
(viii) Christians confess/repent their sins.
4. (a) Identify eight characteristics of love as tau8ht by Saint Paul in I st Corinthians 13.(8 marks)
(i) Love is patient.
(ii) It is kind.
(iii) It is not Jealous/boastful.
(iv) Love is not arrogant/rude.
(v) Love is not se1f-seeking does not insist on its own way.
(vi) Love is not irritable/resentful.
(vii) It does not rejoice in wrong/rejoices in the right.
(viii) Love bears all things.
(ix) Love endures/perseveres.
(x) Love believes/trusts all things.
(xi) Love never ends/it is eternal.
(xii) It is the greatest gift.
(b) Explain thc unity of believers as expressed in the concept of the church (Ephesians 5: 21-32). (5 marks)
(i) Paul used the symbol of marriage to show the unity of believers.
(ii) Christians are united to Christ just as a husband is united to his wife.
(iii) Christ loves the church just as the husband loves the wife.
(iv) The church has to submit to Christ just as the wife submits to her husband.
(v) Christ is the head of the church just as the husband is the head of the wife.
(vi) Just as a husband loves his own body/nourishes it, so Christ loves the church/nourlshes it.
(c) Identify seven factors that hinder effective cooperation among Christians in Kenya ioday. (7 marks)
(i) Greed for power/leadership wrangles.
(ii) Competition to win more converts/members.
(iii) Materialism/desire to have more.
(iv) Discrimination based on gender/tribe/education/race 1/social status/disability.
(v) Political interference.
(vi) Different interpretation of the Bible/doctrinal/denominational differences.
